- Page 1 and 2:
International Giant Otter Studbook
- Page 3 and 4:
Dear reader, With this, the second
- Page 5 and 6:
Section 2 Introduction to Substrate
- Page 7 and 8:
Parental Behavior Overview.........
- Page 9 and 10:
Introduction This manual is a secon
- Page 11 and 12:
Contributing Institutions/Individua
- Page 13 and 14:
Dortmund Zoo: Current Director: Dr.
- Page 15 and 16:
Giant Otter Characteristics (The fo
- Page 17 and 18:
Chapter 1 Husbandry and Management
- Page 19 and 20:
informal international network has
- Page 21 and 22:
are only released into the wild, th
- Page 23 and 24:
malfunctions, due to severe inbreed
- Page 25 and 26:
maturity (i.e. at 2 years old), the
- Page 27 and 28:
emaining 3 institutions bred otters
- Page 29 and 30:
elow 240 m² (2,583.4 ft²) in size
- Page 31 and 32:
difficulties/abnormalities to a mod
- Page 33 and 34:
are to the water, but it is also de
- Page 35 and 36:
deep digging areas as recommended,
- Page 37 and 38:
greater problems. I.e. the ability
- Page 39 and 40:
additions that can be made to enclo
- Page 41 and 42:
(esp. around approx. 10 to 11 years
- Page 43 and 44:
Hagenbecks Tierpark Giant Otter Vac
- Page 45 and 46:
Dietary Related Problems: Diarrhea
- Page 47 and 48:
times over 10 years) then disappear
- Page 49 and 50:
Thyroid Malfunctions: see Chapter 1
- Page 51 and 52:
unpublished report 1997). His hind
- Page 53 and 54:
vitamin B 1 tablet and one 400 IU v
- Page 55 and 56:
otters were exposed to in their enc
- Page 57 and 58:
animal, e.g. for serious/life threa
- Page 59 and 60:
conditions/problems can be identifi
- Page 61 and 62:
that the otters are very familiar a
- Page 63 and 64:
Section 5 Handrearing Captive-Born
- Page 65 and 66:
Chapter 5 for how to measure, Chapt
- Page 67 and 68:
proper authorities (i.e. park offic
- Page 69 and 70:
oth cubs were adopted by a wild ott
- Page 71 and 72:
Chapter 2: Husbandry and Management
- Page 73 and 74:
The following conditions (i.e. Numb
- Page 75 and 76:
The provision of the conditions lis
- Page 77 and 78:
proportionately increased and the w
- Page 79 and 80:
does not offer the same advantages
- Page 81 and 82:
*Note: Duplaix’s guidelines for o
- Page 83 and 84:
dry easily, drain well, and be resi
- Page 85 and 86:
It is necessary that every indoor a
- Page 87 and 88:
Deep Digging Area Necessary For Eac
- Page 89 and 90:
play, exercise etc. on. Note: when
- Page 91 and 92:
Cleaning Procedures for Substrates
- Page 93 and 94:
[4”] in width, could be placed 10
- Page 95 and 96:
The aforementioned problems are cau
- Page 97 and 98:
difficulties/abnormalities involvin
- Page 99 and 100:
they could cause similar walking di
- Page 101 and 102:
It is not uncommon that pink foot/t
- Page 103 and 104:
No additional or detailed informati
- Page 105 and 106:
provided as recommended, so that ot
- Page 107 and 108:
housed. It also may be that the lon
- Page 109 and 110:
or high humidity, esp. extended per
- Page 111 and 112:
dry areas in enclosures should also
- Page 113 and 114:
These husbandry provisions produce
- Page 115 and 116:
underground den building which is a
- Page 117 and 118:
more unsuitable the enclosure land
- Page 119 and 120:
unfamiliar and temporarily separate
- Page 121 and 122:
exposed to similar situations as ju
- Page 123 and 124:
inappropriate the enclosure conditi
- Page 125 and 126:
study. They also have been successf
- Page 127 and 128:
furnishings will also remain drier
- Page 129 and 130:
Live growing bamboo springs back up
- Page 131 and 132:
Section 5 Locations and Designs for
- Page 133 and 134:
all substrates) with/without vegeta
- Page 135 and 136:
indoors. Otters can also use each c
- Page 137 and 138:
Enclosures between 240 m² to 600 m
- Page 139 and 140:
other than substrates, and toys fro
- Page 141 and 142:
to help prevent water filtration/dr
- Page 143 and 144:
Section 10B discusses the locations
- Page 145 and 146:
areas may be sufficient when otters
- Page 147 and 148:
their normal daily terrestrial acti
- Page 149 and 150:
described below and in Section 12 b
- Page 151 and 152:
hear, that even familiar keepers ar
- Page 153 and 154:
nervous in behavior even during nor
- Page 155 and 156:
expansive enclosures are available
- Page 157 and 158:
the husbandry practices recommended
- Page 159 and 160:
keep cubs from crawling out (Duplai
- Page 161 and 162:
Chapter 1 for studies that should b
- Page 163 and 164:
practices and enclosure designs all
- Page 165 and 166:
care for the cubs (Schenck & Schenc
- Page 167 and 168:
was moved to another enclosure (Gat
- Page 169 and 170:
Inbreeding, physical, behavioral, a
- Page 171 and 172:
underground dens in this expansive
- Page 173 and 174:
Section 12 Natural Underground Dens
- Page 175 and 176:
22.34 ft] (11 sites) ; Kabo creek (
- Page 177 and 178:
Section 13 Den Construction “Den
- Page 179 and 180:
should not be introduced with physi
- Page 181 and 182:
door) could instead be made in the
- Page 183 and 184:
Section 15 Toys & Methods for Addit
- Page 185 and 186:
Although once items such as cardboa
- Page 187 and 188:
e designed or modified with these c
- Page 189 and 190:
Section 18 Introducing Unfamiliar &
- Page 191 and 192:
have been housed together and then
- Page 193 and 194:
contact introduction, i.e. to stop
- Page 195 and 196:
Section 19 Diet and Feeding Only go
- Page 197 and 198:
Cuiaba Zoo in Brazil (Marcato de Ol
- Page 199 and 200:
are consumed in varying amounts acc
- Page 201 and 202:
Captive giant otters have been obse
- Page 203 and 204:
part of the target. The target we u
- Page 205 and 206:
to secure the guillotine door with
- Page 207 and 208:
it stays close to the target. This
- Page 209 and 210:
these births may go undetected. Ult
- Page 211 and 212:
those working with her, from being
- Page 213 and 214:
ody temperatures to be taken, when
- Page 215 and 216: abnormally frequent or excessive, i
- Page 217 and 218: with a male (other than growing up
- Page 219 and 220: of course, because information rega
- Page 221 and 222: seen entering the shelter alone, bu
- Page 223 and 224: At Hagenbeck Tierpark, Wünnemann (
- Page 225 and 226: 52.5 cm [20.6"]. It is assumed that
- Page 227 and 228: cub weight growth curve in Graph 2
- Page 229 and 230: contain glucose rather than sucrose
- Page 231 and 232: and frequency after each toileting/
- Page 233 and 234: Section 4 Toileting: To produce eli
- Page 235 and 236: when no other better formula is ava
- Page 237 and 238: prepared artificial milk replacers
- Page 239 and 240: avoid dietary problems and help cub
- Page 241 and 242: formula is accomplished. When cubs
- Page 243 and 244: suggested above. The same feeding f
- Page 245 and 246: successfully can often be difficult
- Page 247 and 248: should then be allowed to lick the
- Page 249 and 250: The general guideline that food/for
- Page 251 and 252: very gently dipped in the bowl into
- Page 253 and 254: enough), and explore while under su
- Page 255 and 256: dig into, well-draining etc.) are n
- Page 257 and 258: ecome healthy and their housing can
- Page 259 and 260: Section 16 Companion Cubs and Handr
- Page 261 and 262: Cubs must exercise and explore to p
- Page 263 and 264: Table 3 : Summary of the internatio
- Page 265: Table 5 : International giant otter
- Page 269 and 270: Table 7: Adult Giant Otter Weights
- Page 271 and 272: Graph 2 : Giant Otter Cub Weight Gr
- Page 273 and 274: Duplaix, N. 1980. Observations on t
- Page 275 and 276: asiliensis, Gmelin, 1788) No Zooló
- Page 277 and 278: Otter Colloquium Pietermaritzburg 1